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Published 11:05 pm, Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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1 Sanctions eased: The White House on Wednesday formally eased sanctions on Burma, signaling support for its recent governmental reforms and officially opening the door to American investment in the deeply impoverished Asian nation. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced plans in the spring for a "targeted easing" of sanctions to allow American dollars to enter the country, for decades one of the most authoritarian in the world.

2 Alum's donation: Oxford University has been forbidding to poorer British families, even before the government tripled tuition fees at the end of 2010 in a move that prompted days of protests. But on Wednesday, Oxford announced a $115 million donation from an alumnus, Michael Moritz, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, as the cornerstone of a $460 million fund dedicated to reducing the prospect of fearsome debt for the disadvantaged who manage to enter its elite doors. The first 100 scholarships will be awarded in the fall.

3 Phone hacking: British police investigating corrupt links between police and reporters said they arrested two journalists for questioning Wednesday. The men, who are 34 and 37, were detained at their homes in London, police said, and questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and of a conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office, police said. The men were released on bail. The arrests are related to suspected payments made to a specific public official.

4 Cholera toll: Cuban public health officials say the number of confirmed cholera cases has risen from 85 to 110 and advised residents of the worst-hit area, the southeastern province of Granma, to avoid traveling. At the same time, a dissident journalist in Santiago de Cuba, the island's second-largest city, reported that hospital workers there told him eight people had died from cholera in Santiago hospitals. Cuba's government has officially confirmed three cholera deaths.

5 Baby panda dies: A baby giant panda died at a Tokyo zoo on Wednesday, less than a week after becoming the first to be born at the facility in 24 years. The birth had created excitement across Japan, and the nation was mourning the baby's death. Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said the male panda, which had not been named yet, died of pneumonia Wednesday morning. A zookeeper found the baby, who was born last Thursday, lying belly up and not breathing, on his 7-year-old mother's chest.

6 Drug war casualty: The El Mañana newspaper in the northern Mexico city of Nuevo Laredo announced that it will stop covering violent criminal disputes after suffering a second grenade attack against its offices in two months. Other newspapers in Mexico have adopted similar policies of not covering drug cartel violence to protect their staffs against threats and violent attacks including kidnappings and murders carried out by gangs that don't want their activities to appear in print or are angered by coverage of their rivals.

7 Dog euthanized: A pug-nose black dog named Lennox, who inspired a two-year legal fight and animal-rights protests on both sides of the Atlantic, was put to sleep Wednesday in Belfast. The City Council said the 7-year-old dog was put down after a deadline for legal appeals expired. Dog wardens deemed the pit bull to be a public danger and seized him from his owners in 2010.